There were three people in front of me when I went to vote in the 7th District election this morning.  That’s not a crowd but it is a sign of some voter interest.

It took me longer than planned, not because of any problem at the poll, but because a volunteer for Jon Elrod stopped me a the door to take issue with something I wrote in this space a few days ago.  Isn’t it that person’s to be nice to me at that point?

Now, I’ve never run an election so I’m no expert on these things, but I wondered about the time it will take to count votes when I had to fold my ballot three times to put it in a cardboard box.  Unfolding and smoothing will add considerable time to the count, I figure, and a bigger slot in the box didn’t seem like too much to ask.